By corinne-1 on

Hi, I'm new to Drupal, and it looks great, but ...

I want a simple site with articles under 5 different categories, all visible in a block called "Articles". each category name in that block should be a link to a list of articles stores under this category.

I don't seem to get it :
- if I want my 5 categories, should I create 5 vocabularies ? Or should I create a vocabulary names "Articles" and then 5 subcategories ?
- how can I have my 5 categories visible on my pages, in a block ? how do I link these categories each to a menu, or to a menu item ? Noting I have tried yet seems to do what I want.

As you can see, I've been reading the handbooks for some hours now, but I just don't get it. Can you help ? I think Drupal is the tool I needed, but its philisophy is out of my reach for the time being.

thanks
Corinne

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behindthepage commented

Create one Vocabulary (Named "Articles") with your 5 subcategories (we call them terms)

This will automatically create a block that can be enabled in admin/blocks. You can then specify which pages it is shown on.

Drupal Path (which can be used in menus and links) to any of your terms are like this
taxonomy/term/2 (where 2 is your term ID number which can be found by hovering over "edit term" on admin/categories page) for more on paths see http://drupal.org/node/31644

gpdinoz
"If we can see further it is because we stand on the shoulders of giants"

Regards
Geoff

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corinne-1 commented

well thanks for your help.

I created my "Article" vocabulary and 5 terms, but no block was created therafter : is it normal ? what did I miss ?

Thanks in advance
Corinne

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behindthepage commented

Oh Yeh. You need to download and install Taxonomy Block for a block to be automatically created.

Sorry, forgot about that.

gpdinoz
"If we can see further it is because we stand on the shoulders of giants"

Regards
Geoff

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corinne-1 commented

Thanks gpdinoz, I managed to have a brand new menu with all my categories listed.

... now, How can I link the articles I write to menu item ?
I looked at the "node" table in the mysql database, but could not find a field where the menu item ID can be stored.

When I add content, how can I say I want this article to be stored under one of my category terms ?

Thanks in advance,
Corinne

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venkat-rk commented

The menu_otf module, which helps you link to menus at node creation time would help you, I think.

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corinne-1 commented

Thank you ! The menu-otf module is what I needed !

Corinne

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venkat-rk commented

You're welcome. Glad to be of some help.

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behindthepage commented

Make sure you have the "menu" module enabled and you can create a link by adding a menu item to any menu using the path to the article. see http://drupal.org/node/31644.

gpdinoz
"If we can see further it is because we stand on the shoulders of giants"

Regards
Geoff